Many a child has been heard to implore their parents, "C'mon, have a heart!" In essence, the wee one is asking for compassion, understanding, and permission with this plea. In today's "dog eat dog" business climate, a significant number of work teams are wishing that their employer would "have a heart". Absent any forthcoming altruism from the organisation, team mates might want to consider extending a little more "heart" towards one another.
Teams that practice "random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty" towards one another regularly are healthier, happier, and feel safer than teams where the membership is busy sanding away at the fault lines of their team mates. Any team that is properly motivated will demonstrate more "heart" if given encouragement to do so. Here are some team customs that can be established to help the team reveal its heart.
